Fox Orders Comedies 'Ghosted' and 'L.A. to Vegas'

The half-hours, both from sister studio 20th Century Fox, mark the network's first comedy pilot pickups for the 2017-18 season.

Fox has picked up its first new comedies for the 2017-18 season, giving series orders to L.A. to Vegas and Ghosted.

Both projects, unsurprisingly, come from sister studio 20th Century Fox Television. The two half-hours follow Tuesday's order for Marvel drama The Gifted and a spate of renewals and cancelations as the network solidifies the lineup it will tout to advertisers next Monday.

L.A. to Vegas is an ensemble workplace comedy about a group of underdogs trying to find their place in the world, set in the very specific environment of a Friday night flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas — and the returning flight on Sunday. All characters share the same goal: to come back a winner in the casino of life.

Ghosted has been a hot package from the start. The X-Files spoof boasts two marketable stars in Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation) and Craig Robinson (The Office). The comedy centers on a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius "true believer" in the paranormal (Scott) who are recruited by The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant "unexplained" activity in Los Angeles — all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.